Editorial Bear

Saddam Hussien missed 2007 by hours.

If there was ever anybody who deserved to die, it was him. But does his death change anything? The insurgency in Iraq is still as strong as ever and still turning people against the American and British troops bringing democracy to a country that apparently doesn't want it.

Global terrorism still hangs over us. President Bush's quote of the year was: "You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror." - Interview with CBS News. That suggests that Saddam's death does not bring us any closer to safety.

It all seemed a bit of an anti-climax, really. A tired old man, shuffling forward with quiet dignity while a noose was wrapped around his neck. This was the ranting, genocidal maniac? The one who'd slaughtered thousands of Kurds without a second thought?

Bet it's warm where he's going, though.